Click on the white Paper Icon on the bottom left to open the context menu of the QX application.

Select "Launch" to start application

With the AUX-Button you can exit the X-Server environment without quitting the application.

Screenshots

Use QX-Menu-Button at bottom left

Select Launch to start Navit in QX

In Settings you can change the launch settings of the selected application

with Favourites you can select the predefined applications you can add to your favourites menu.

QX Favorites

Favorites in QX with Linphone-icon added

QX is the X-Server in QtMoko you can add favorites to the QX-Menu too by manual editing the files in:

/opt/qtmoko/etc/qx

The file

favourites.conf

detemines the list of application you will see after starting QX. The file looks like this:

[Apps]
list=navit, tangogps

The applicationsnames must exist and need an entry in the profiles.conf file.
The file

profiles.conf

defines the QX-settings for the application. E.g. navit needs the GPS-daemon to be started and the auto-dim function of the display is disabled. These settings can be defined for the applications individually. The file contain profile records like the following for tangogps and navit:

Add to QX-Favourites

You have installed or programmed an application with the name myapp. Test the application in the QX-terminal if it works properly. Now we add this application myapp to the application list in favourites.conf. We do this e.g. with vi:

# vi /opt/qtmoko/etc/qx/favourites.conf

The file look like this (press "I" for switching to INSERT mode):

[Apps]
list=navit, tangogps, myapp

Add myapp press ESC and :w for "write to file" and ":q" for "quit VI".

NOTE: You can not use an arbitrary program for myapp (e.g. a shell script with xdialog). You can use only applications the have a desktop-definition file in the directory:

/usr/share/applications

If you want to use your own scripts in QX with an icon, create a desktop-definition file first (see navit.desktop as example below) and save this file in /usr/share/applications.

Now we have to add a profile record for myapp in file profiles.conf. We do this e.g. with vi:

# vi /opt/qtmoko/etc/qx/profiles.conf

The file is depended on your settings could look like this and e.g. the following lines (press "I" for switching to INSERT mode):

If you want to have a special icon for your new application see free e.g. 100000 Free Clipart and scale them in the 22x22 and 128x128. Store the icons in the following directories both with the name syncal.png

Click on the white Paper Icon on the bottom left to open the context menu of the QX application.

Select "Launch" to start application

With the AUX-Button you can exit the X-Server environment without quitting the application.

Screenshots

Use QX-Menu-Button at bottom left

Select Launch to start Navit in QX

In Settings you can change the launch settings of the selected application

with Favourites you can select the predefined applications you can add to your favourites menu.

QX Favorites

Favorites in QX with Linphone-icon added

QX is the X-Server in QtMoko you can add favorites to the QX-Menu too by manual editing the files in:

/opt/qtmoko/etc/qx

The file

favourites.conf

detemines the list of application you will see after starting QX. The file looks like this:

[Apps]
list=navit, tangogps

The applicationsnames must exist and need an entry in the profiles.conf file.
The file

profiles.conf

defines the QX-settings for the application. E.g. navit needs the GPS-daemon to be started and the auto-dim function of the display is disabled. These settings can be defined for the applications individually. The file contain profile records like the following for tangogps and navit:

Add to QX-Favourites

You have installed or programmed an application with the name myapp. Test the application in the QX-terminal if it works properly. Now we add this application myapp to the application list in favourites.conf. We do this e.g. with vi:

# vi /opt/qtmoko/etc/qx/favourites.conf

The file look like this (press "I" for switching to INSERT mode):

[Apps]
list=navit, tangogps, myapp

Add myapp press ESC and :w for "write to file" and ":q" for "quit VI".

NOTE: You can not use an arbitrary program for myapp (e.g. a shell script with xdialog). You can use only applications the have a desktop-definition file in the directory:

/usr/share/applications

If you want to use your own scripts in QX with an icon, create a desktop-definition file first (see navit.desktop as example below) and save this file in /usr/share/applications.

Now we have to add a profile record for myapp in file profiles.conf. We do this e.g. with vi:

# vi /opt/qtmoko/etc/qx/profiles.conf

The file is depended on your settings could look like this and e.g. the following lines (press "I" for switching to INSERT mode):

If you want to have a special icon for your new application see free e.g. 100000 Free Clipart and scale them in the 22x22 and 128x128. Store the icons in the following directories both with the name syncal.png